Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Lwrc International LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners. Despite this distribution, the portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a narrow technical focus for the current prosecution cycle. This concentration may lead to more predictable outcomes as the examiners likely follow similar internal guidelines within that specific group.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MORGAN, DERRICK R, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This represents a significant portion of the total workload for the company. Practitioners should note that while the workload is split, the unified art unit focus may lead to consistent examination standards. The distinct examiners provide different perspectives, yet the technical scope remains within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems domain. This structure allows the company to maintain a specialized presence in its primary technology area while navigating the nuances of individual examiner preferences.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN, DERRICK R | 1 | 72.7% | +27.2% |
| TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 1 | 77.8% | +11.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19030336 | FIREARM BUFFER SYSTEM AND BUTTSTOCK ASSEMBLY | MORGAN, DERRICK R | — |
| 18990517 | ADJUSTABLE GAS BLOCK FOR AN INDIRECT GAS OPERATED FIREARM | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19030336 | FIREARM BUFFER SYSTEM AND BUTTSTOCK ASSEMBLY | MORGAN, DERRICK R | 3641 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18990517 | ADJUSTABLE GAS BLOCK FOR AN INDIRECT GAS OPERATED FIREARM | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 3641 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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